Central Asia

Creative rationale

Over the steppes of Kazakhstan, where continental winds sweep across vast grasslands, the moderate wind speed of 9.7 m/s from the southeast creates diagonal slashing energy across the canvas, while the warm 22.3°C temperature drives an aggressive palette of flesh pinks and cadmium yellows. The high pressure of 1019.7 hPa with its steep gradient compresses forms against the picture plane, creating violent collisions of color where thick impasto-like shapes tear and fragment, embodying de Kooning's raw physical approach to paint as pure material force.